Admittance into USA

[jarleyba 0]

Hello friends! I have learned so much through this site, yet the more I learn the less I feel I know...its overwhelming to say the least. Let me just give you all the details to understand my situation, and I thank you all in advance for any advice/help you can give me, I truly appreciate it.

I have a boyfriend who is in Vancouver, Ca on an experience canada visa. I am from seattle and went to stay with him in canada for about two months, as I understood an american citizen can be up in canada for a 6 month duration in one calendar year. My boyfriend was primarily supporting me, but i took a few babysitting jobs around the neighborhood for some spending money. I went to visit my family in Seattle, and on my way back into canada was detained, my car searched, evidence of babysitting found, and as a result I was banned from cananda for a year for not obtaining the appropriate working documents. They also discovered the identity of my boyfriend because I had a copy of his identification in my belongings.

Now he is going to come down to Seattle for a visit, and I want to ask him to marry me. I am very concerned that there might be complication for him to cross the border. I contacted an immigration lawyer who advised its possible that the canadian/US borders share more information than they used to, and there's no guarentee he will be admitted. Unfortunately he is renting a room from a friend, so there's no evidence of an official lease to show strong ties back to canada. This lawyer also suggested a plane ticket to Las Vegas might be more convincing to an officer that its just coming for a short trip.

It is with a heavy heart that I post this, because I have found the love of my life whom I want to marry, and yet there are so many risks involved with this path. Any suggestions/solutions would be valued as I want to make the best decision for our future. Thank you so much for your support!!

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

*** Moving from AOS from Family Visa to General Immigration ****

Has he any bad experience with US immigration? If not, he will most likely be let in, especially if he is from Germany, a visa waiver country.

You are free to ask him to marry you, and even get married on this trip if you like, but be aware that for him to use his visa waiver program to come and visit you WITH INTENT TO STAY is illegal and visa fraud. If your plan is for him to come and live with you long term and get married, what you should do is petition him for a K1 fiance visa (he can still visit you during the process ).

[Mithmeoi 29]

I don't think he will have any problems since he's never gotten into trouble before. You could have his friend draw up a short contract stating that he's renting a room. If he's going to school or works take along proof of that, try to have something showing ties back to Canada on him before he travels.

As Penguin suggested you should file for a K-1 visa, or if you get married while he's here he can return home and you can file for a CR-1 visa.

[JedNik 5]

I am a Canadian, and I went down to visit my fiance in USA for a few months. (His father had had a bad accident and I was going to help out) The US border guards didn't believe me, and thought I was completely cutting my ties to Canada. (I had my wedding dress with me, and a bunch of other stuff as I was going to drop it off. I had FULLY intended to come back to Canada)

If your boyfriend just says that he is visiting his GF, and doesn't bring all his stuff through, and has a job back in Canada, he should be fine. But if he has no job, no timeline to come back to Canada or anything, they may question him.

Good luck! And if you're planning on getting married, start your process asap! We've been waiting 6 months so far

[The Mean Lady 604]

dont buy plane tickets as fake proof

thats lying.

no lying allowed.